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The Single UNIX &reg; Specification, Version 2<br>
Copyright &copy; 1997 The Open Group

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<h4><a name = "tag_000_010_034">&nbsp;</a>NAME</h4><blockquote>
timer_delete - delete a per-process timer
(<b>REALTIME</b>)
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_010_035">&nbsp;</a>SYNOPSIS</h4><blockquote>
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#include &lt;<a href="time.h.html">time.h</a>&gt;

int timer_delete(timer_t <i>timerid</i>);
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</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_010_036">&nbsp;</a>DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>timer_delete()</i>
function deletes the specified timer,
<i>timerid</i>,
previously created by the
<i><a href="timer_create.html">timer_create()</a></i>
function.
If the timer is armed when
<i>timer_delete()</i>
is called, the behaviour will be as if the timer is automatically
disarmed before removal.
The disposition of pending signals for the deleted timer is unspecified.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_010_037">&nbsp;</a>RETURN VALUE</h4><blockquote>
If successful, the function returns a value of zero.
Otherwise, the function returns a value of -1 and sets
<i>errno</i>
to indicate the error.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_010_038">&nbsp;</a>ERRORS</h4><blockquote>
The 
<i>timer_delete()</i>
function will fail if:
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<dt>[EINVAL]<dd>
The timer ID specified by
<i>timerid</i>
is not a valid timer ID.

<dt>[ENOSYS]<dd>
The function
<i>timer_delete()</i>
is not supported by this implementation.

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</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_010_039">&nbsp;</a>EXAMPLES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_010_040">&nbsp;</a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_010_041">&nbsp;</a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_010_042">&nbsp;</a>SEE ALSO</h4><blockquote>
<i><a href="timer_create.html">timer_create()</a></i>,
<i><a href="time.h.html">&lt;time.h&gt;</a></i>.
</blockquote><h4>DERIVATION</h4><blockquote>
Derived from the POSIX Realtime Extension (1003.1b-1993/1003.1i-1995)
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